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Received my first american passport in the mail today. I can't believe how quick the process was. It didn't even take 2 weeks for the passports to come back (Steve & little Stevie both had to renew theirs). Anyway, the new passport is way cool. The design is a lot better than the old one. It's electronic and has a built-in microchip that provides automated photo verification. And here's the best part...my photo in this passport looks halfway-decent borderline cute. tee hee. Now I can travel anywhere I want without having to worry about that dang visa.

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It's been really muggy the past couple of days. We had a severe storm yesterday. It all happened too quick. The skies turned dark then it started pouring a mixture of rain and hail. The tornado siren started making noise. I was at work and I got worried about the kids. I called up Alexis and was relieved to find out that she had already went down the basement. She saw the emergency alert on the TV and she knew where to take shelter. Good thing our basement is very cozy. It's got its own living room and a game room. It doesn't even smell or feel like a basement. The Santa Fe dehumidifiers installed by the builder sure help take the humidity out. I checked on Steven's daycare as well and they too had taken shelter in the basement. He thought it was cool! The storm caused a lot of trees to fall down. Some places lost power but was quickly restored. Our area didn't get hit that bad, thank God.